Telephone-mouthpiece sterilizer



Aug-#15; 1930- G. L. CII ARE 1,772,129

TELEPHONE MOUTHPIECE STERILIZER Filed April 1'7, 1929 GemfeLlare INVENTOR ATTO-RNEY Patented Aug; 5, 1930 a 1 1 1 77 UNITED srars GEORGE L. CLARE, or crrrcaeoiitmnors TELEPHoNE-MoU'rrIrrEc' STERILIZER I Application filed April 17, 1929. Serial no. 355,792. 1

This invention relates to certain new and ed stud,*such as indicated at 16, the purpose useful improvements in means to facilitate of which will be presently-apparent; The the application of antiseptics upon the trans: prongsor extensions 14 are subsequently inmitters of public telephones to prevent the wardly offset upon themselves'against the 5 spreading of diseases. rearjwall of the partition or foraminated disk Another object of the invention contem- 12 to retain the stud and disk 13 against'displates the provision and arrangement of a placement.- v squeegee for thi pur o .An arm 17 of elongated shape is bent in An additional object of the invention emconformity with the inner side wall of the bodies a mounting for the squeegee whereby transmitter whereby the squeegee or other the latter may be shifted to wipe and cleanse absorbent material, such as indicated at 18, the mouth piece or transmitter. carrled upon the outer surface thereof will With the above and other objects in View, evenly and effectively engage the transmitthe invention further consists of the followter. vStaples or yokes, such as indicated at 15 ing novel features and details of construc- 1 are employed as the means'of fastening tion, to be hereinafter more fully described, Of the squeegee upon the arm. A hook or illustrated in the accompanying drawing and open loop'ed'portion 20, formed upon the outi t d t i th d d l i ermost endof the arm 17, is bent around and I th d j about the outermost flared periphery of the 20 Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view l r opr vi e a guard and guide for 7 taken through the invention as applied for the arm and squeegee Wh lein use. The opposite and innermost end of the arm Fi 2 i a rear l ti f a t l h 17 lnclude's an inwardlyoffset portion 21 havt itt h i th iti f th i mg communication with an extension 22; the

5 ti i d tt d li latter carrying a centrally apertured enlarge- Figure 3 is a perspective iew of the ment OI extremity The stud is passed squeegee, through the aperture in the enlargement or Figure & is a, perspective iew of a, mountextremity 23 t0 PIOVlClB a mounting f0! the ing for the squeegee upon the transmitter. innermost end of the arm and a bearing there- 30 Referring to the drawing in detail wherein r whereby he S erilizer may be whipped characters of reference denote corre- ZLIOUHC]. in COIlCGIltIlC circles to COZLt the inner Sponding parts, the reference character 1() insurface Of the transmitter With 3, filIIl OI coatdicates the conventional form of transmitter g f n i eptic t0 destroy any germs which employed upon public telephones having an may have accumulated. The antiseptic 1'8- exteriorly threaded attaching sleeve project tained by and discharged from the squeegee ing from the innermost end thereof and a may be'repl nished by pouring a few drops foraminated disk like partition 12 subdividupon the n er surface of th elephone transing the body portion and attaching sleeve of Initter or mouth piece and shifting the squeethe transmitter. gee around to this position to absorb same.

40 The invention comprises a base or mount- Although I have shown and described my ing in the nature of a disk 13 having prongs inventionas being primarily designed for apor extensions 14 radially and rightangularly plication upon and in conjunction with the disposed tangentially thereof for projection mouthpieces or transmitters of telephones, it within th adja nt foraminations in the paris to be understood that the invention may be tition wall 12 of the transmitter as near to equally and effectually as well applied upon the center of the latter as possible, as subthe transmitters of speaking tubes in the hallstantiated from the illustrations of my invenways of apartment houses and the mouth tion in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing. pieces of sound recording and reproducing Said disk is provided with a central apermachines. 5 ture 15 to accommodate a rivet or other head- The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed'is a 1. A sterilizer mouthpiece comprising a disk arranged centrally thereof, an arm pivotally mounted for circumferential movement from said disk and within the mouthpiece, a hook formed upon the arm engageable with the periphery of the mouthpiece to guide said arm concentrically thereof, and a squeegee saturated with a suitable antiseptic being arranged upon the outer side of said arm to wipe against and coat the adjacent surface of the "mouthpiece to remove and prevent the accumulation of infectious disease germs.

2. A sterilizer mouthpiece comprising a disk arranged centrally thereof, an arm pivotally mounted for circumferential movement upon said disk and within the mouthpiece, a squeegee saturated with a suitable antiseptic being arranged upon the outer side of said armto wipe against and coat the adjacent surface of the mouthpiece to remove and prevent the accumulation of infectious disease germs, and a hook carried upon the outermost projecting end of the arm and extended about the adjacent periphery of the mouthpiece being sprung terminally thereof against the outer surface of the mouthpiece to insure frictional contacting engagement of the squeegee with the inner surface of the-mouthpiece.

, In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- GEORGE L. CLARE. 

